Sooners Head to the Windy City

By Athletics Communications

University of Oklahoma

OCTOBER 03, 2008

Oct. 3, 2008NORMAN, Okla. - The University of Oklahoma women’s golf team will compete in the Windy City Collegiate Championships, hosted by Northwestern University on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 6-7. The 54-hole tournament will be held at the 6,350-yard, par-72 Evanston Golf Club in Skokie, Ill. Thirty-six holes will be played on Monday, followed by 18 holes on Tuesday.

The tournament will be the second of the season for the Sooners. They finished in 11th place at the Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate in Highlands Ranch, Colo., two weeks ago.

The top spot in the Sooner lineup belongs to senior Kendall Dye, who fired a three-round 226 (+10) in Colorado, tying for 19th. Occupying the No.2 spot is sophomore Ellen Mueller, who started all 11 tournaments of the 2006-07 season and finished in 29th place at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate to start the year.

“We are looking forward to this lineup,” OU head coach Carol Ludvigson said of her golfers. “We hope to find some stability within our lineup after this trip. I hope to see a high finish for the team and high individual performances from our leaders, Kendall and Ellen.”

Sophomore transfer Sara Hemingway will also tee off with the team as she makes her second consecutive tournament appearance as a Sooner. Junior Chelsey Collins will make her first appearance of the 2008-09 season, while her sister, freshman Brooke Collins, who will look to record her second straight solid finish. She made an impressive collegiate debut at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate by placing 24th with a 228 (+12).

The Sooners will tee off Monday at 7:30 a.m. CDT and on Tuesday at 8 a.m. Live scoring of the Windy City Collegiate Championships can be followed at www.golfstat.com.

OU lineup:Kendall Dye: earned her 13th career top-20 finish at 2008 Ron Moore Women’s IntercollegiateEllen Mueller: earned four top-20 finishes as a freshman last yearSarah Hemingway: placed 57th at her first tournament as a Sooner two weeks agoBrooke Collins: finished 24th in her collegiate debut two weeks agoChelsey Collins: has three top-20 career finishes

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